Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi.

Coming up：

--A US college student has been released from North Korea while at the same time, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the US is considering sanctions on countries that do illegal business with North Korea.

--French President Macron says the door is open to the UK.

--Turkish President Erdogan has criticized the sanctions imposed against Qatar.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joined on the line by Zhao Hai, Research Fellow, National Strategy Institute, Tsinghua University；Dr. Cui Hongjian, Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies；He wenping, senior research fellow at the Institute of west-Asia and African Studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences；Liam Li, international affairs commentator, speaking to CRI's Zhao Ying.

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